Cryptography for Secure E-mail Communication

Abstract

Users share private information on the web through a variety of applications, suchas email, instant messaging, social media, and document sharing. Unfortunately, recentrevelations have shown that not only is users' data at risk from hackers and malicious insiders,but also from government surveillance. This state of affairs motivates the need for users tobe able to encrypt their online data specifically the e-mail communication. This paper shows the use of cryptographic algorithms for secure e-mail communication.